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Issue Position: Raise the Wage

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2018
Issues: Employment and Affirmative Action

*The minimum wage of $7.25 per hour is poverty pay
*As a member of Raise the Wage PA Coalition, Haywood has co-sponsored legislation to raise the wage to $15
*Raising the wage will stimulate our economy with new consumer spending
*Raising the wage will cut government spending on public assistance by over $200 million a year
*Haywood was recognized as pro labor legislator of the year by the AFL-CIO in 2016
*Haywood received the Economic Justice Award by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project in 2017


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